Police Arrest Four At Hillcrest Mall

Four people, including three from Easton, were arrested in Lopatcong Township on Friday night on various charges after township police investigated a suspicious persons report at the Hillcrest Mall.

Officers found Roosevelt Sampson, 38, of 217 E. Kleinhans St., Easton, was wanted in Northampton County on a parole violation warrant, police said. He was committed to the Warren County Jail pending extradition.

Police said Sampson and two others were in a vehicle, waiting for a fourth person who was allegedly involved in a shoplifting incident at the Radio Shack store in the mall. That person, Edwin Jordan, 45, of 535 W. Berwick St., Easton, was charged with shoplifting, police said. Jordan was released pending court action.

The owner of the car, Bette Morris, 41, of 236 Grant St., Easton, was charged with possession of stolen property, possession of suspected crack cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police said they recovered stolen items in the car but could not comment further.

The fourth suspect, Jerry Allen Jr., 30, of 2440 Front St., Wilson, was charged with drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. Allen and Morris were committed to the Warren County Jail under $5,000 bail each, police said.

Police from Phillipsburg and Greenwich and Pohatcong townships assisted in the arrests.